We decided to do some deep-dive investigative journalism (half-arsed Googling) to reveal the NSFW origins of the 13 best swears in existence...

The Origins Of Your Favourite Swear Words

From the 15th Century term 'arce-hoole', meaning 'contemptible person'.

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From 12th Century French 'pissier', meaning 'urinate'.

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Originating from Middle English meaning a 'small point', 'prick' started getting used to mean 'penis' in the 16th Century.

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Okay, let's get one thing straight: Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet (Elizabethan poet Sir John Harington), and the first instance of 'crap' being used to mean 'shit' was in 1801, 35 years before Thomas' birth.

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From the Old French 'cucu' meaning 'cuckoo', a bird famous for laying its eggs in other birds' nests.

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Comes from the Old Norse word 'bikkja', meaning 'female dog'. Applied to 'promiscuous or sensual women' ("bitch in heat") since the 14th Century.

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Originates in the late 19th / early 20th Century, meaning 'masturbator'. See Wanker for more details.

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Originates in the late 19th / early 20th Century, meaning 'masturbator'. See Tosser for more details.

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Of German origin, 'scitte' originally meaning diarrhoea in Old English.

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Meaning 'penis' by 1610, 'cock' originally referred to male chickens, who famously strut in an upright fashion with a majestic red hood. We'll let you join the dots there...

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'Fuck' was first recorded in a poem from the 15th Century, and was used to imply that monks had been breaking their vows of celibacy. Fucking hell.

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The oldest example of someone being called a 'motherfucker' comes from 1889, where a defendant in court was called a "God damned mother-fucking, bastardly son-of-a-bitch.” Top notch swearing!

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Stems from the Swedish word 'kunta', similar to the Latin 'cunnus' (vulva) and 'cuneus' (wedge).

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Originally a slang term for clergymen, 'bollocks' became synonymous with 'nonsense' because clergymen would talk such shit during their sermons!

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